mastership

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mas=ter=ship

CIDE DICTIONARY

mastership, n. 

•  The state or office of a master.  [1913 Webster]
•  Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority.  [1913 Webster]

  "Where noble youths for mastership should strive."  [1913 Webster]
•  Chief work; masterpiece.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
•  An ironical title of respect.  [1913 Webster]

  "How now, seignior Launce! what news with your mastership?"  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mastership, n.
1 the position or function of a master, esp. a schoolmaster.
2 dominion, control.

THESAURUS

mastership

ability, acme, address, adeptness, adroitness, aedileship, airmanship, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, aristocracy, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, authority, authorization, be-all and end-all, bishopric, blue ribbon, bravura, brilliance, capability, capacity, captainship, chairmanship, championship, chancellery, chancellorate, chancellorship, chiefery, chiefry, chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, claws, cleverness, clutches, command, competence, consulate, consulship, control, convenership, coordination, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, custody, deanery, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, dictatorship, dictature, diplomacy, directorate, directorship, domination, dominion, effectiveness, efficiency, emirate, episcopacy, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, finesse, first place, first prize, foremanship, generalship, governorship, grace, grasp, grip, gripe, guardianship, hand, handiness, hands, headship, hegemony, height, helm, hierarchy, highest, hold, horsemanship, imperium, influence, ingeniousness, ingenuity, intendancy, iron hand, jurisdiction, kingship, knack, know-how, leadership, lordship, magistracy, magistrateship, magistrature, management, managership, marksmanship, masterdom, mastery, maximum, mayoralty, mayorship, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, most, ne plus ultra, new high, nobility, overseership, palms, papacy, paramountcy, pashadom, pashalic, patriarchate, patriarchy, pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood, popeship, power, practical ability, prefectship, prefecture, premiership, presidency, presidentship, primacy, prime-ministership, prime-ministry, princedom, princeship, principality, proconsulate, proconsulship, proctorship, proficiency, protectorate, protectorship, provostry, provostship, prowess, quickness, readiness, record, rectorate, rectorship, regency, regentship, reins of government, resource, resourcefulness, rule, ruling class, savoir-faire, savvy, say, seamanship, seigniory, seneschalship, seneschalsy, sheikhdom, sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shrievalty, skill, skillfulness, sovereignty, stewardship, style, superintendence, superintendency, supervisorship, supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty, sway, tact, tactfulness, talons, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, top spot, tribunate, virtuosity, vizierate, viziership, wit, wizardry, workmanship, zenith

ROGET THESAURUS

mastership

Skill

N skill, skillfulness, address, dexterity, dexterousness, adroitness, expertness, proficiency, competence, technical competence, craft, callidity, facility, knack, trick, sleight, mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy, ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, sleight of hand, seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship, rope-dancing, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, art, science, technicality, technology, practical knowledge, technical knowledge, knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire, tact, mother wit, discretion, finesse, craftiness, management, self-help, cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius, intelligence, sharpness, readiness, invention, aptness, aptitude, turn for, capacity for, genius for, felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas, qualification, habilitation, proficient, masterpiece, coup de maitre, chef d'euvre, tour de force, good stroke, skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain, slick, smart, proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished, conversant, experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed, up in, well up in, in practice, in proper cue, competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished, clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed, inventive, shrewd, sharp, on the ball, cunning, alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff, discreet, neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure- footed, cut out for, fitted for, technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian, shipshape, workman- like, business-like, statesman-like, skillfully, well, artistically, with skill, with consummate skill, secundum artem, suo Marte, to the best of one's abilities, ars celare artem, artes honorabit, celui qui veut celui-la peut, c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher son, expertus metuit, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein C, heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute, if you have lemons, make lemonade.

Authority

N authority, influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction, right, direction, government, divine right, dynastic rights, authoritativeness, absoluteness, absolutism, despotism, jus nocendi, jus divinum, mastery, mastership, masterdom, dictation, control, hold, grasp, grip, gripe, reach, iron sway, fangs, clutches, talons, rod of empire, commission, deputy, permission, at the head, dominant, paramount, supreme, predominant, preponderant, in the ascendant, influential, arbitrary, compulsory, stringent, at one's command, in one's power, in one's grasp, under control, in the name of, by the authority of, de par le Roi, in virtue of, under the auspices of, in the hands of, at one's pleasure, by a dash if the pen, by a stroke of the pen, ex mero motu, ex cathedra, from the chair, the gray mare the better horse, every inch a king.